Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0059e767ebc92a6c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.2 KB Created: 2021-09-16 06:37:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 36a14be2a54306050fa34f6023296268 SHA-1: 50fba376dc81c822d2fb097d922a1be0618fdcbd SHA-256: 0059e767ebc92a6cb75a61d6df792d6cf774530c7865e3e0bd2bd98cf0946b89
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs pointing to compromised websites, indicating an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' strongly suggest a link farm designed for SEO manipulation or phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further confirm its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+emu+windows
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161429b90d8eb8---45957020411.pdf
    • http://dataction.org/demo/dataction/media/sipepubugewi.pdf
    • http://www.prieteniitehnicii.ro/documente/file/3399413567.pdf
    • https://funbugs.ie/files/file/walabewo.pdf
    • http://blossomtour.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210906_02D680CF79A55771.pdf
    • http://digitalpolicycouncil.org/imagenes/file/10787560556.pdf
    • http://seasonmediagroup.com/pic/file/kugojonidawiretudiserare.pdf
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b1daef455b102b78b9011b47e45e1b5/nolivuviginopekajuvimeba.pdf
    • https://magerp.org/upload/files/49296741620.pdf
    • http://www.impactit.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6845666136.pdf
    • http://evopizza.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23738891695.pdf
    • http://lnyuanzong.com/uploads/files/20210902203310.pdf
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135c8fe1e440---munogegisox.pdf
    • http://aviapartner.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zubavatofusesafezuwariw.pdf
    • http://rocb-ap.org/file_media/file_image/file/vogunekexenutafaloxaz.pdf
    • http://wernersuarez.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/3483168202.pdf
    • http://rasciindia.com/firetech/ckupload/files/51344406137.pdf
    • https://oklogistic.lv/upload/file/wunumalekixu.pdf
    • https://www.auto-ecole-acm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pajopozujizigazidovosu.pdf
    • https://dintek.eu/uploads/file/venituxetaze.pdf
    • http://boldogelet.hu/media/64752120016.pdf
    • https://gulf-rope.com/images/bulk_images/files/dadisume.pdf
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613394d5377c3---25639905310.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b0b5.bin
14c79cbec4a2bb1591d2889b90c352da10657dac1616e0c6266d6aa9b6b87a01
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB0B5 15744 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d84a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD84A 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f061.bin
6554c51475ddbf5f46e879e30d00b1fbdcab3bd70446a46db6852b9f0732199c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF061 10268 bytes